May 30, 2017 Live from the road

Castle Hochosterwitz - Neumarkt/Steiermark

Reported by Dipavajan Renner 54.0 km

Welcome to Launsdorf! We arrived at the local primary school....

...the kids lined up for us...

...another musical welcome....

...the kids performed for us...

...the mayor joined us as well...

Thank you Launsdorf for the fun!

See you the next time!

...a warm, sunny day in Carinthia...

...and we reached Kappel am Krappfeld. The children from the primary school welcomed us...

...the highlight was a run around the school grounds...

Thank you Kappel for the heartfelt meeting!

...soon we reached Althofen...

..."High Five" for the kids...

...a run around the school...

Thank you Althofen for the warm welcome!

...back on the road...

...we arrived in Hüttenberg...

...the mayor, children from the primary school and representatives from the famous "Heinrich Harrer Museum" welcomed us...

Thank you Hüttenberg for the nice meeting!

Hüttenberg houses a museum dedicated to the life of Heinrich Harrer, who was born nearby.
Heinrich Harrer was a famous Austrian mountain climber, who spent a significant part of his life in Tibet. His life story was even told in the movie: "Seven Years in Tibet"...

...we finished the day with a fantastic run through the beautiful nature. We said good bye to Carinthia and entered the region of Styria. Thank you all for the perfect day!

Torch carried by
Aharan Vorauer (Austria), Amur Bašić (Bosnia and Herzegovina), August Olipitz (Austria), Dipavajan Renner (Austria), Dmitriy Gameza (Russia), Ingrid Oswald (Austria), Mananyu Siffert (Austria), Paramanyu Lebedev (Russia), Sananda Fitzgerald (Austria), Tatjana Jauk (Slovenia), Vaibhava Kuschnow (Austria), Waltraud Schmölzer (Austria).  
Photographers
Mananyu Siffert, Paramanyu Lebedev, Vaibhava Kuschnow
The torch has travelled 54.0 km from Castle Hochosterwitz to Neumarkt/Steiermark.

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